Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 16 (ANI): Former MP and Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha came to the rescue of a migrant worker who was being tortured by his employer in Saudi Arabia and ensured his return to his village.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 16 (ANI): In a bid to ensure COVID-19 testing of all symptomatic persons and close contacts of people infected with the novel coronavirus, ASHA and ANM workers have been tasked to conduct door to door health screening in Odisha.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has sanctioned Rs 110 crore for providing self-employment opportunities to migrant workers who have returned to the state in view of challenges posed COVID-19.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): A total of 16,46,312 migrant workers have been surveyed so far by ASHA workers amid the COVID-19 crisis in Uttar Pradesh, Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad said on Monday.
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): Several Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers in Srikakulam district alleged lack of adequate facilities at a quarantine centre.
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Migrant workers have alleged lack of adequate facilities at a quarantine centre in Phansidewa area of Darjeeling.
Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): A clash broke out between All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Sunday in Bardhaman city of West Bengal.
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The United Nurses Association (UNA) approached the Supreme Court mentioning that healthcare workers are exposed to the risk of getting infected by Covid-19 and sought to provide protective kits to healthcare workers.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 14 (ANI): The South Central Railway (SCR) on Sunday said that it has operated 240 Shramik Special trains till date to transport passengers and migrant workers to their homes.
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): Eight persons were injured after a car carrying migrant workers rammed into a truck in Gunnaur town of Sambhal district on Sunday.
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 14 (ANI): After a health worker was caught on video beating up a labourer at a quarantine centre in Pendri, Rajnandgaon, the Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) on Saturday claimed that labourer was drunk.
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Moved by the plight of migrant workers stranded in the national capital due to the coronavirus-imposed lockdown, a group of youngsters rallied together to raise a total of Rs 2.5 lakh rupees to send 400 of such migrants to their homes.